Bermuda loss the toss in their seventh Group B Match of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 Qualifiers at the ICC Global Cricket Academy Oval Number Two in Dubai, Papua New Guinea decided to bat and scored 168/5 in their allotted 20 overs.
Mahuru Dai was their top scorer with 64 not out, while Tony Ura added 47, with figure of 4.0-0-28-2 Malachi Jones led the Bermuda bowling attack.
In reply David Hemp scored 64 from 49 deliveries, but Bermuda fell 25 runs short of the target only scoring 143/9 in 20 overs. Hemp hit seven fours and one six, while captain Janeiro Tucker added 42 from 25 hitting four fours and two sixes.
Papua New Guinea Inning
..02 (02) Assad Vala Run Out ..47 (32) Tony Ura b Dion Stovell ..00 (01) Kila Pala b Malachi Jones ..07 (06) Geraint Jones c Kwame Tucker b Kamal Bashir ..14 (14) Jack Vare LBW Malachi Jones ..64 (42) Mahuru Dai Not Out ..32 (23) Charles Amini Not Out ..02 Extras (2lb) 168 Total for 5 Wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Vala), 2-2 (Pala), 3-9 (Jones), 4-26 (Vare), 5-102 (Ura)
Bermuda Bowlers
4.0-0-28-2 Malachi Jones 4.0-0-44-1 Kamal Bashir 4.0-0-36-0 Jacobi Robinson 4.0-0-20-1 Dion Stovell 4.0-0-38-0 Janeiro Tucker
Bermuda’s Inning
..10 (15) Dion Stovell c Willie Gavera b Christopher Amini ..04 (03) Terryn Fray c Jack Vare b Willie Gavera ..64 (49) David Hemp c Jack Vare b Willie Gavera ..42 (25) Janeiro Tucker c John Reva b Charles Amini ..00 (04) Allan Douglas II LBW John Reva ..02 (04) Malachi Jones Run Out ..01 (03) Lionel Cann c Pipi Raho b Christopher Amini ..01 (04) Jacobi Robinson c Jack Vare b John Reva ..04 (04) Kwame Tucker Not Out ..12 (08) Tre Manders b Willie Gavera ..01 (01) Kamal Bashir Not Out ..02 Extras (1w-1lb) 143 Total for 9 Wickets after 20 overs